Australian retailers and distributors love to jack up the price of electronics etc and then throw a tantrum and whinge to the government when people import from overseas instead of buying from them.

Anyway, I double checked and it's $449, but that's still..... money. Money that I'd have to spend if I want to have a chance at keeping up with this game competitively, because otherwise I can't practice at home, and I know how much that killed me when my Wii U 🅱roke... ugh. (And money that I really can't be spending right now, and I guess some economic advisors would say no game console is right now, but like... bleh. Even if I wasn't in a financial pickle at the moment, $449 is still a buttload. The Wii U cost less on launch.)

I wish there was just a 3DS version or something. I know they like to pretend the Wii U doesn't exist anymore.

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Woah!!! And I thought $300 in the USA was hard to swallow! (Still is for my low income)BTW they wouldn't make a 3DS version cause the Switch is both console and handheld. Sorry.

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Video games can bring people together or keep them from society. Your choice but trust me, it's better to hang with other people who share your values and interests then to become an introvert. Never let a game with fake prophecy fake killing, and fake weapons become more than a game of pretend. Never let them influence your real life actions. Real killing is wrong but a video game is just that if you keep it that way.Keep Calm and Game On!

Zow, I kind of agree with you. I was pretty underwhelmed by the Direct, especially considering the characters they revealed. Ken's just an echo of Ryu, and, while I think Incineroar himself can be cool as a fighter in Smash, the character itself just doesn't excite me. I was disappointed when only those two characters (plus Piranha Plant at the end, for some reason) were the only ones revealed. Seemed kind of... underwhelming, especially considering how packed with reveals the first two directs were.

Incineroar seems like he'll be the character closest to a traditional grappler in Smash, which is kind of cool. I'm gonna think he'll be the character that's hard to play at first, but good once mastered (relies on grabs so much that he'll be hard for beginners to pick up). Spirits Mode seems underwhelming, too -- seems just like event mode, with cutscenes and boss battles. That's more than we got in Smash 4, to be fair, but it still seems more underwhelming than the full-fledged Subspace Emissary mode we got in Brawl, and, frankly, what's being advertised. Right now people think it's the sequel to Subspace Emissary, which, from everything I've seen, it won't be.

At least from what I've seen, I think it'll definitely replace Smash 4 competitively. Players around here seem generally done with the game (especially those that main lower-tier characters) and are looking forward to a more balanced game in Ultimate. Which might be the case. The game could also be just as unbalanced as Smash 4. Who knows! The mystery is the fun part.

Plus the game itself is 60 freaking dollars plus controls and crap. The Wii was $100 when it came out!

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Video games can bring people together or keep them from society. Your choice but trust me, it's better to hang with other people who share your values and interests then to become an introvert. Never let a game with fake prophecy fake killing, and fake weapons become more than a game of pretend. Never let them influence your real life actions. Real killing is wrong but a video game is just that if you keep it that way.Keep Calm and Game On!

Plus the game itself is 60 freaking dollars plus controls and crap. The Wii was $100 when it came out!

What, 60 € is too much to ask for a game which contains THAT MANY characters? They spent several years making it, Sakurai put so much effort in it, and there's so much content that it's dizzying.60 is a fair price for its content.